Getting the exposure right is all about getting the best amount of light to produce the image. This is controlled by aperture and shutter speeds. I first started out the old fashioned way using an old Pentax film SLR where there was no auto mode and you couldn’t look at the image on a screen [...]
There is a legal battle going on over copyrite over Adobe’s CS3 images using international model Brandise Danesewich.
The model claims that Adobe have been using her images without her permission fo their CS3 version of PhotoShop using her image for packaging, website, and even uploaded a video of the shoot on You Tube.
Adobe paid Brandise [...]
As many of you know I love experimenting with light and shadows and often take props in to the studio to achieve these effects.
For my Shakespeare images I used a projector to create the shadows I wanted, and honeycomb lighting but this was incredibly hard as the lighting from the projector conflicted with my own [...]
On the 22nd of May Fuji film announced two new members if their fine pix family, Fujifilm Fine Pix A850 and Fuji film Fine Pix Z200 fd.
Fuji film Fine Pix A850 is considered to be part of Fujifilm’s “A” Team, it is stylish and light weight with 3x optical zoom lens, ISO 800 sensitivity at [...]
Mario Testino
This week I will be looking at the work of renouned celebrity photographer Mario Testino.
Testino famously uses the fashions of the ‘moment’ to create iconic images of his subjects. He has photographed the likes of Princess Dianna, Kate Moss, Madonna etc [...]
Focal point
When taking a photograph a lot can be determined by the use of lens and composition of the image.
Depending on the amount of space and the size of the lens the image can become distorted,if you don’t have a lot of space you may need to use a 25mm lens but this can [...]
Todays boxers are raising there profile but this is not being recorded in iconic photography.
Sports Photography has always been a lucrative business and images crop up everywhere, great action shots, team shots, portraits it has become more and more popular.
With the increasing poplularity of boxing I’m sure this sport will soon have there own entourage [...]
Never work with children or Animals!
This is the age old saying but in my point of view these are some of the best subjects to work with.
When working with children there are strict rules and you have to have a consent/ release form signed by the parent or guardian. This is very important went taking [...]
How Manga took over the world
Urbis exhibition
13th March -27th September 2008
I recently visited the Urbis exhibition, “How Manga took over the World”, I have always been awre of Manga’s influence in design and images such as “Hello Kitty” and “Powerpuff girls” have dominated the media. As a design student alot of my collegues embraced the [...]
Today it was announced that the first Models Union has been established, I have been aware over the past 12 to 18 months the various petitions to start a models union to protect young men and women from being compramised or being ripped off. This will be good news for Models as in the Industry [...]